In a report published Wednesday, Jefferies & Company reiterated its Hold rating on Woodward (NASDAQ: WWD), and raised its price target from $36.00 to $41.00.
Jefferies noted, “Following FQ1:13 earnings, our EPS estimates for FY13 and FY14 of $2.30 and $2.60 remain unchanged. We are revising...

In a report published Wednesday, Jefferies & Company reiterated its Hold rating on Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), and raised its price target from $88.00 to $90.00.
Jefferies noted, “WAT's 4Q12 EPS of $1.59 was $0.01 ahead of consensus as a lower than expected tax rate (+$0.04) more than...

In a report published Wednesday, Jefferies & Company reiterated its Buy rating on Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN), and raised its price target from $35.00 to $40.00.
Jefferies noted, “The Bear argument that TXN is expensive on a P/E basis ignores the high quality of earnings that comes through...

In a report published Wednesday, Jefferies & Company reiterated its Buy rating on UNS Energy Corp. (NYSE: UNS), and raised its price target from $48.50 to $50.00.
Jefferies noted, “UNS Energy subsidiary Tucson Electric Power reached a preliminary settlement with the Arizona Corporation...

In a report published Friday, Jefferies & Company reiterated its Underperform rating and $16.25 price target on Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD).
Jefferies noted, “We're updating our estimates in light of the closure of Riverbed's acquisition of OPNET. As we've written previously, the deal...

In a report published Friday, Jefferies & Company reiterated its Hold rating on Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX), and slightly raised its price target from $36.00 to $37.00.
Jefferies noted, “After Xilinx's CQ4 miss, we are incrementally more cautious on the stock, as we believe Moore Stress increases...

In a report published Friday, Jefferies & Company reiterated its Buy rating on Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), and raised its price target from $60.00 to $67.00.
Jefferies noted, “We are positive on MSI heading into Q4 earnings and are cautious on CRNT and NVTL. We think EMC's Q4 was not as...